Hashim Amla is a South African batsman who plays cricket for the country in all the three formats. Amla has previously been the captain of Proteas and is an occasional off-break bowler. He is considered as one of the greatest players of current time and was appointed as South Africa’s Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016.

On October 15, 2017, at the Diamond Oval, he broke Indian layer Virat Kohli’s record of being the fastest to reach the same number of centuries in ODIs. While Kohli had achieved this stature in 166 innings, Amla managed to get it in just 154.

A couple of months before this Amla broke Kohli’s record of scoring fastest to 7000 runs in the One Day Internationals.

In 2013, Amla, after Ricky Ponting, became the first batsman to lead the Test as well as ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts.

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Hashim Amla is a South African batsman who plays cricket for the country in all the three formats. Amla has previously been the captain of Proteas and is an occasional off-break bowler. He is considered as one of the greatest players of current time and was appointed as South Africa’s Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016.

On October 15, 2017, at the Diamond Oval, he broke Indian layer Virat Kohli’s record of being the fastest to reach the same number of centuries in ODIs. While Kohli had achieved this stature in 166 innings, Amla managed to get it in just 154.

A couple of months before this Amla broke Kohli’s record of scoring fastest to 7000 runs in the One Day Internationals.

In 2013, Amla, after Ricky Ponting, became the first batsman to lead the Test as well as ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts.